| Given that this bug has been dormant for 3.5 years, one might question | why it is suddenly of the "highest" priority :) Only that (a) it's a seg-fault, and (b) it seems easy to fix, and most important (c) you kindly volunteered to produce a patch in a week. If you can't, fair enough, so be it. We can push it out to 8.2. Or maybe someone else (Reid?) might do it. So feel free to un-volunteer! Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Geoffrey Mainland [mailto:mainland@apeiron.net] | Sent: 26 January 2016 15:43 | To: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj@microsoft.com>; Skull | <george.karachalias@gmail.com>; Richard Eisenberg <eir@cis.upenn.edu> | Cc: ghc-devs@haskell.org | Subject: Re: GHC release candidate | | I will try, but that's a bit tight for #11487---less than two weeks | from initial report to required fix, and I am teaching 3 courses this | term. | | Given that this bug has been dormant for 3.5 years, one might question | why it is suddenly of the "highest" priority :) | | Cheers, | Geoff | | On 01/26/2016 10:34 AM, Simon Peyton Jones wrote: | > | > George, Richard, Geoff | > | > We’d like to get a new release candidate for GHC out on Friday 5^th | > Feb. Does that give you enough post-POPL time to get done? | > | > · *George*: The pattern match performance issues | > | > · *Richard*: the ReturnTv stuff (branch wip/exp-types) | > | > · *Richard*: #11471 (levity) | > | > · *Richard*: documentation for TypeInType | > | > · *Geoff*: #11487 | > | > · *Simon PJ*: #11339 | > | > *Richard*, also if you look at | > https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-8.0.1 you can see | > “highest” priority tickets with you as owner, that are to do with | > TypeInType and TypeApplications. | > | > Thanks | > | > Simon | >

There's a bunch here. Believe me -- I'm working as fast as I can to wrap up these bugs. Indeed! And believe me, we are grateful, both to you and other huge contributors. GHC is a pretty big enterprise. The intention is not to pile on pressure, but rather to share information. . No one is asking you to turn into superman/superwoman. It’s just that are many people working together, so sharing info about what can and cannot get done by date X is helpful. No more than that! Simon From: Richard Eisenberg [mailto:eir@cis.upenn.edu] Sent: 27 January 2016 04:44 To: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj@microsoft.com> Cc: Skull <george.karachalias@gmail.com>; Geoffrey Mainland <mainland@apeiron.net>; ghc-devs@haskell.org Subject: Re: GHC release candidate On Jan 26, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj@microsoft.com<mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com>> wrote: • Richard: the ReturnTv stuff (branch wip/exp-types) Yes. I just pushed a candidate patch that may well validate. I'll merge tomorrow (Wed) on success. • Richard: #11471 (levity) This should hopefully be much easier than ExpTypes. Next Friday is a reasonable deadline. • Richard: documentation for TypeInType Sure. • Geoff: #11487 • Simon PJ: #11339 Richard, also if you look at https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/GHC-8.0.1 you can see “highest” priority tickets with you as owner, that are to do with TypeInType and TypeApplications. There's a bunch here. Believe me -- I'm working as fast as I can to wrap up these bugs. Unfortunately, our release cycle overlaps with the critical time for the academic job market, so GHC is competing with my need to get a job. If anyone reading this wants to offer me a job, that could indeed have a tangible effect on how quickly I scoop up these bugs! :) Richard Thanks Simon